The Declaration of Principles (6)

It is alleged sometimes that the article of the Canons to which we last referred, i.e. II, A, 5, contradicts the first article of the Declaration of Principles. The latter emphasizes that the promise of God is not a conditional offer to all, but an oath of God that He will infallibly lead all the elect unto salvation and eternal glory through faith. But Art. 5 of the second chapter of the Canons teaches that the promise of the gospel must be proclaimed to all nations and persons without...